Incentives and Austerity: How Did the Great Recession Affect Municipal Economic Development Policy?
Published with my co-author Rachel Weber on the Urban Affairs Forum After the Great Recession of 2007-2009, cities across the…
October update: Public sector impacts of COVID-19
The Great Recession that began December 2007 and ended in June 2009 preceded one of the weakest economic recoveries on…
Public Sector Impacts of the Great Recession and COVID-19
The Great Recession that began December 2007 and ended in June 2009 preceded one of the weakest economic recoveries on…
COVID-19 Fiscal Impacts: What can we expect?
Published May 14, 2020 as part of the UC Berkeley Labor Center’s Covid-19 Series: Resources, Data, and Analysis for California.…
SFGate: ‘San Francisco is particularly vulnerable’: Expert explains how COVID-19 may hurt city budgets
“In every recession, it’s true that you’re losing revenue at the same time as you want to be able to…
Framing the Case for Supporting Immigrants
To build support for a cause, activists frame issues in ways they think will resonate with the public. UC Berkeley…
Retaining Teachers of Color to Improve Student Outcomes
Low pay for teachers has received significant national attention, but having a diverse teaching workforce is also critical for improving…
Finding Employment After Contact with the Carceral System
People who have been arrested, convicted of a crime, or incarcerated face many barriers to employment. While much of the…
The Post-Recession Labor Market: An Incomplete Recovery
Recovery from the Great Recession has been slow and extremely prolonged. It was tempting to conclude, at various points, that…
The Great Recession, Families, and the Safety Net
The Great Recession caused significant hardship for many U.S. families. Safety net programs—some of which were expanded during the recession…
What Really Caused the Great Recession?
The Great Recession devastated local labor markets and the national economy. Ten years later, Berkeley researchers are finding many of…
What comes next? Janus v. AFSCME
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Janus v. AFSCME in favor of the plaintiff, a local government worker who…
Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Update: California Expansion, Federal Inaction
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is now the primary anti-poverty program in the U.S., but it has not kept…
Book review: DIY Detroit
Detroit is the urban question America has been asking itself for decades. Over the past century, the city has symbolized…
State Policy Strategies for Narrowing the Gender Wage Gap
#MeToo and #TimesUp protests about the treatment of women in the workplace have brought renewed attention to gender pay equity.…
Austerity as the New Normal: The Fiscal Politics of Retrenchment in San Jose, California
Across the world’s most industrialized economies, the financial crisis of 2007 caused a contraction of state budgets and stimulated attempts…
Structurally adjusting: Narratives of fiscal crisis in four US cities
The Great Recession unleashed a wave of fiscal stress in the USA, with austerity measures such as spending cuts, service…
Post-recession urban politics aren’t helping cities to become financially stable
The Great Recession officially ended in the United States in 2009, but the implications for city governments continue to unfold. Austerity measures implemented by…
Minding the Candy Store: State Audits of Economic Development
Sara Hinkley and Fiona Hsu Executive Summary An analysis of 122 audits of state economic development programs in 44 states…
No More Secret Candy Store
A Grassroots Guide to Investigating Development Subsidies with Greg LeRoy Since No More Candy Store was published in 1994, the…